The crash site was initially reported as 400 Interstate 78, but those responding to the scene soon began reporting they could not locate the crash.

A Blackhawk helicopter from Fort Indiantown Gap was brought in and circled overheard searching for the crash site. The Fort Indiantown Gap Fire Company's crash-response truck and several other fire trucks waited at Farmers Pride Airport in Fredericksburg.

The search was called off just before 5 p.m.

According to county dispatch logs, a nearby resident reported there was a plane doing a "smoke show" in the area about the time the supposed crash was reported.